US Senate Excerpt: 6/11/26 - Attempts to Extend FISA Fail

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Brock Dahl, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State and voted to limit debate on the nomination of Justin D. Smith, to be US Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit. During this sequence from the afternoon, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) paid tribute to Melissa and Mark Hortman on the upcoming one-year anniversary of their assassinations before; Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) obtained unanimous consent to pass legislation regarding Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Cross Boundary Wildlife Solutions Act, on which Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke afterward, then; Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) objected to consent requests from Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to pass short-term extensions of the FISA surveillance program, with Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) concluding before the first vote on Smith. The House had already voted down comparable legislation, and President Trump had not yet named Jay Clayton as his nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, holding out Housing Administrator Bill Pulte for weeks. FedNet services and social networks: https://linktr.ee/FedNet